Fat Resources

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A non-exhaustive list of our favorite books, supplies & suppliers, educational hubs, and other juicy resources for exploration of herb craft and the natural world. 

 

Resource books

Herbal Medicine From the Heart of the Earth - Sharol Tilgner

Herbal Constituents: Foundations of Phytochemistry - Lisa Ganora

Healing With Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition - Paul Pitchford

Invasive Plant Medicine: The Ecological Benefits and Healing Abilities of Invasives - Timothy Lee Scott

Medical Herbalism: The Science, Principles, and Practices of Herbal Medicine - David Hoffman

Mycellium Running - Paul Stamets

The Herbal Medicine-Maker’s Handbook - James Green

Harvest to Hydrosol - Ann Harman

The Resilient Farm and Homestead- Ben Falk

Hydrosols: The Next Aromatherapy - Suzanne Catty

Sibley’s Trees Guide

Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide - Lawrence Newcomb

Field Guide to North American Mushrooms - National Audubon Society

The Self-Sufficient Life and how to live it - John Seymour

 

Cookbooks

Recipes from the Herbalist’s Kitchem - Brittany Wood Nickerson

The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother - Heng Ou

The Scandinavian Kitchen - Camilla Plum

The Kosmic Kitchen Cookbook - Sarah Kate Benjamin & Summer Singletary

Forest & Home: Cultivating an Herbal Kitchen - Spencre McGowan

The Art of Simple Food - Alice Waters

 

Medicine making supplies

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Press

Press bag

Pyrex measuring cup

Instant-pot

 

Education

Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine

Chestnut School

Wild Gather

Herbal Academy

BotANNicals.com

Vermont School of Integrative Herbalism

International Herbal Symposium

Emblossom Conference


Small-Scale Bulk Herb Suppliers

Zack Woods Herb Farm

Foster Farm Botanicals

Healing Spirits Herb Farm

Oshala Farms

Saw Mill Herb Farm

Healing Spirits Herb Farm

Free Verse Farm

Smugtown Mushrooms